The Department of Special Collections houses a diverse range of materials, from 15th century illuminated devotionals to subject collections treating contemporary social issues. Bodies of work include literature, music, films, art, archival material and ephemera. Visit the Special Collections Website

Special Collections materials are freely available to scholars, including La Salle students and faculty, as well as researchers from outside the University. The material may be studied in comfort and privacy in a reading room located within the department on the Library's second floor. Contact the Special Collections

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Explore writings on slavery by those who lived it. Sources in U.S. History Online: Slavery in America contains primary sources, including personal narratives, pamphlets, addresses, monographs, sermons, political speeches, periodicals, poems, songs, plays and novels. Documenting key aspects of the “peculiar institution,” the collection enables students, faculty and researchers to study slavery and its abolition from the 17th century through the end of the 19th century.